The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The intended, or imputed, visit of Mr. Canning to the French capital, is the subject of earnest conversation every where; and among no class of politicians more so than ; among tho,;e who interest' themaelves personally and deep ly in the effairs of Spain.. There seldom, .perhaps, .was struck &Vow of pure diplomacy, more powerftil or more seasonable than the Portuguese constitution. If Mr. Canning Were satisfied to let things work out their own natural misequences, he now might safely rest upon his arms--arid merely "keeping the ring open '—telling legi tithate intruders to stand off, and leaving the two parties mote directly compromised to act as their own means and wills impelled them,—the Right Hon. Gentleman might be secure, that in giving' countenance to a representative government for Portul, be bad, in fact, extinguished the brutal despotism which disgraces' the rest of the Peninsti- la. Bat it is possible that the Secretary for Foreign Af fairs may secs in the 'vantage ground thus established, ma terials for Carrying, or expethiing by negotiation, objects which, independently of such a medium, time will more slowly realize. That such a motive for his French jour ney is busily ascribed to Mr. Canning, those who feel a strong interest in the subject need not be informed ; . nor, let -Whatever pains be .taken to persuade the world, that nothing further is in the Right, Hon. Gentleman's con templation than a long promised visit to his friend Lord Granville, will the eoajunction of such planets as a Foreign Secretary and an Ambassador be regarded by many people as an occurrence, froM which omens of good or evil are not justified by every fair principle of vaticimition.— Timer. . _ Before the act against stealing from gardens existed, it is very certain that the species of property contained in them was insufficiently protected by the law of England. It was almost - impossible, to take effectual measures for visiting nocturnal trespassers , with any sort of punishment which did not convert the injured party into the aggresior, and encourage a repetition of the 'wrong. Besides, iu many cases might 'happen that ruffians intending to attack a house'would make art entry through the garden, and thus,prepare the means of burglary'or murder, under facilities afforded them by a . siniple trespass. To furnish more ample security, as well to householders us to proprie• tors of gardeni; 'many of whom gained a livelihood by sell ing their produce, this garden act we are informed, was brought in : but we are sure that the„l f egislaturO did not contemplate the harshoese exercised upon one class of offenders againet it, : or they never would have lodged in the hands nose fielding it, .an authority so prompt in ope ration, so unguarded. in its extent, and therefore so ex, tremely liable., to perversion, as the discretionary power, which we see every day acted on, by country and other magistrates, in cases where youths of the tenderest age are brought before them fir the offence of 'Stealing from The 'clencal vengeance inflicted on 'some little wretches within this fortnight, was described and noticed as we felt that its nature , merited; and another 'instunce which, 'having occurred on Friday nearer home, was reported in The Times of the day following, ought not to escape the reader's observation, if it _were only t o. mark the spirit in which our magistruteit administer certain laws against certain classes of etil prits. The case Was brought forward at BoW-street, and we are told that Sir R ichard Birnie was so hard pressed by other \ matters, that this boy-business was sent before a county Magistrate, sitting , in Mr. Staf ford's room. . Sir Richard has been held up to ridicule by the Tory whippers-in, for: expressions in reference to ano ther boy-case, which, as .it seems to ns,.the worthy knight has no reason ,to be ashamed of, either as a, man, or as a magistrate. We suspect he had no fancy for administer ing Mr. Peel's against a pair of urchins, one of whom appears to have been 'caught with no less than seven (I) ,apple 4 in his possession, • which had been thrown to him by his comrade. Weil, after hard pleading by the boys and their fathers for forgiveness, the two little fellows were tlizntenced , for 14 , days to 'the tread-mill. But the county trogistrate answered 'their appeals for lenity by threatening Juno, that if they were not satisfied he would 'would extend the term to six months. Ilere, then, we beg leave to ask; was this man really vested with power to inflict the,punishment of captivity and the tread-mill either for fourteen days or six months, according to his humour is difficult to. suppose that Mr. Robinson was mistaken as to the limits of his own authority; and if he was not', .ive do aver that ,it is perfectly monstrous to subject the boys of this country to shish a terrible visi tation for a delinquency which. every Schoolboy in it has committed over end overt and this without the interven tion of ajury to ascertain the recta, but at the caprice of a choleric or 'bilioite justice: One might imagine that apples had been made game by some medern Act of Parliemeet, from the temper, disclosed in protecting therm—Bid. In another cOhniiii ivill be found a report of the third trial to which the treatment of the idiot Smith bus given rise. The first, for libel, ended in a verdict for -WU against Thes.Birminglowm Journal; the second, for the same libel, ing 4/04;0 against The Salopian Journal (the paper in which it first appeared) for 100/. :The third was a prosecution directed by the Magistrates of Stafford against. William) and Timms and Sarah Smith, the bro thertand sister of the idiot, for their cruel treatment of him. It appears that fifty pounds a year was left.by the father of the idiot in trust for his' support, that he had been kept in the house of William Smitk,' from whence lie had been removed to the StaifOrd Luis tie, Asylum, at the instance of certain Magistrates, in consequence of the mode in whieh he was - treated. But after the evidence for' the. prosecution butt been gone through, Mr. Justice Burrough Would not allow the ease to proceed ley further, as' it had not been Made to ap pear on the part of the prosecutor, that any duty 'what ever had been imposed on the defendants to 'take care of the idiot. There, was, it seems, no relationship of ••iarties merle Out, that coestituted a responsibility on the elefeedante ; they Were MK mister setvata, parent or dal ; the only relutiensbip Was that, of fraternity, and that kindrea of blood could not be drawn in aid of what must be considered only as a moral, not a, legal oh ligation. To such a high authority, we must, of course, bow with alt due frobmiesion. And yet to an ordinary app-ehension it duel seem odd, that a person should pocket ' sum devised for the: maintenance of en idiot, and receive that idiot into his house, without incurring ,reponsibility for his proper treattrient. A brother or sister able to provide for the comfort of a person in this melee choly state, yet, neglecting tti do fai, Duty be said'to be de ficient only in the Aiseharge of a moral duty, because that degree of relationship iinposei no legal obligetimi on the party,' But it seems otherwise Wheit a cue is received for iris support. In the receipt of the Money theme is surely a' Corresponding obligation to treat the idiot in proper . . manner. It is true that these relations %vent not what is teehnically called the Committee of the Idiot, but surely there is, notwithstanding, a legal obligation on the owner of the house where the idiot it kept, in return for the money received for his support, to bestow that on him, whieli his situation necessarily required.— With respect to the other brother and the sister, the re sponsibility does not seem to clearly made out as in the wee o f t he owner of the house.—Morning el,ronicte. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTIVENESt Fltaigs, —Rousseau, a French anatomist, found in a sturgeon, 1,437,656 ; in a mackirel,l9.9,ooo ; a perch,69,21 6 ;in a carp, 167,400 ; and in u pike, 166,400 roes; Lewittliock found 1084,000 i t il cod fish of ordinary size. The numberless legions of liming: , which,. hi June, remove from the Orkneys' tuwartl,i tint English coast 4 are well known. Two months before, they, give notice ot their ippraach . by a sort of avant-guard, which is accompanied by great swarms of gulhi, and other sea 4WI, that prey upon them, The gTal.ta.mass of the herring shoal Ilivides itself into two co lumnsoaohlroui five to six. English miles long, and foto three to fo u r broo't -;Auclurviei ixitnvoe in as surprising a manner, if we are to Jud , , , , - e from the immense numbers which annually resort to the coast of Cornwall. Dr. inflate mentions, that in 11137, in the * St..lveir- 7,000 barrtla' Ma were caught, each barrel .coutaining 240 t 000,,000 in nue day. TA'.4:-4.-t:. :-.4,'-:-..'gi-T7-7j rt . ~~ ~. MANSION4IOUSE.7—CHARGi: or FORGElti'.—Saturday, R. Ripu n'pereon Who his the appearance of a traveller, was brought before the Loan Mivon, charged witti having corti witted a forgery. Mr. Lei Wilson, of the House of Wilson and Company, of Wond-street, Clieup..lide, stated, that the prisoner went to the warehouse on the 25th of October last, and looked at some silk, to the amount of nearly one hundred and fifty pounds. lie selected a quantity, and presented, in payment, a hill, purporting to he an acteptance of Mr. Robert Mitchell, &man of respectabi lity in Cornwall, and to be drawn by Mr. Rh-hard Thomas ; 'the ' prisoner put his name on the back 'of the bill, after having given a reference as to the character of the two parties, Which satisfied the Witness, who paid the difference between the amount of the . bill in his possession, without any chipici,ol that there was any in- Correctness in it, until the day it became due, when he ascertained that the names of both draWer and acceptor had been forged. Mr. Ituniphreys attended for the prisoner, but merely re quested that the ease should stand over. The prisoner was accord ingly remanded. MARYLEBONE.--On Saturday, a daughter of Admiral Sir Oeorgo Collyer, charged Mr. Watkins,' the surgeon; in George street, Manaester-square, with an assault. On Friday night, oe rather Saturday morning, about one o'clock, Miss Collyer returned from a friend's house in Gloucester-plane, attended 'by a man-servant,' who, as soon as she arrived at the house of Mr. Watkins, where she has apartments, left her.- She rang the house-bell, and instead of a maid-servant . (as she ex pected) opening the door, it was opened by a shop-boy,' with a rushlight in his hand, which the wind extinguished. The boy left her in a' few minutes in the daN, and feeling herself neglected, she rang the night-bell, Mr. Watkins called the boy up stairs; and wished triknow what was the matter? Miss Collyer told him, he was " an excessive ill-tired man," not to let a maid-ser vant remain up, and furnish"her with a proper light. Being still left in darkness, she rang the night-bell once or twice more. Mr. Watkins then came down in his shirt only, seized her by the arms, and said, "- you cursed brute, get out ;" and threw her vio lently into the.etreet. She caught the iron-railing, otherwise must have fallen. lie shut the door, and she was under the t;- ceseity of returning to her friend's house to sleep. Mr. Watkins said, he heard Miss Collyer come in, and after a few minutes, the night-bell was wrung five or six times succes sively. lie supposed the ringing was fur him, as a professionat man. When the boy told him it was Miss Collyer, he said if she did not desist he must come down, undressed' as he was. When he got down stairs she called him "a dirty fallow," in the most horrid way possible. William, the boy, was brought forward as a witness in his mu ter's favour. William's testimony. was, that his master desired him to get a light for Miss Collyer. Mr; Bitormurox-,-Mr.Watkins, this is mentlewoman, a single woman, and ais inmate of your house, and as such, she was enti tled to your respect and protection. 1 think you have conducted yourself with great impropriety, and have given her just grounds for the present charge, Mi. Griffiths entertains the same opinion of your Crindmi; and we Should require you to find bail to an swer for it elsewhere, were it not that all Miss Collyer seeks, is protection from your violence. You must therefore enter into your own recognizance of 201, to keep the peace, towards her;-- and, as she is ready to pay you, the rent due ,for the apartments, you must immediately give up the property belonging to her which they contain. HATTON GARDEN.--Daniel Hemmett was charged with stealing a silver mounted pistol, with a pair of plated snuffers and stand. In his defence the prisoner said that the articles were giveithini by Oranger at the corner of Warner-street, who told him to run away and he would meet him in Bath street. Edward% here stated, that the prisoner had confessed to him having taken the articles, and pleaded distress.as the curse.--He was folly R decent , looking awn, pained was charged by a lady; named Woolley, 'voiding in tike4street: West Smithfield, with selling and pledging a quantity of table-linen, shirts, napki►ts, ite,. intrusted to his wife:, to. mangle. The pawnbroker proved their being pledged by the prisoner. Mr. Rocatts then ordered a summons to be issued for the at tendance of the salesman, and remanded the prisoner till Wednes day. .. Mr Baron Grahatn, while presiding at the trial!. of Russel and ,Leany at Lewes Assizes ' far" poisoning Russet's husband, sent the following: note to Mr. Evans; the Surgeon, who had given his testimony in a very modest and scientific manlier :-- . " AlloW in 'Old Man respectfully to state,' that you are one of the many ornaments I have of late years observed in your pro- . fession. There is, I really believe, no profession in which greater improvement has been made in the last Rh years; and it particu larly appears in the younier part."—Linroln Mercury. MAW STAIIBItD.---:-An awful instance of the effects of intoxication occurred about two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last. it appears, that a man named Grainger; residing It Netherton, had been, with several others, to Dudley fair on Monday, and Inid'staid late, and, with his companions, had drank much ; a quarrel ensued, and some blows were exchanged between Grainger and a person from Brockmoor, named Jones: this was, however; amicably adjusted, and the parties proceeded homewards. They had not got far when Grainger was again beset, and, in a second scuffle, he received a stab, or rather a rip, with a knife between the naval and the groin. The wound is at least four iothes in length. Thipoor fellow instantly felt his bowels rush into his shirt; an alarm was raised, and Dr. Roberts immediately attended, and did all that skill could accomplish, but the unfortu nate man now' lies without the : slightest hopes of recovery. His trowels protruded in a most frightful mauner, and were. actually. hanging about his knees. Jones was secured, ansl has this after noon (Tuesday) been fully identified by Grainger as the person who stabbed him. Greinger is a married man, aiwat 30 years of age.--zilirthingham chronicle. M. Ouvrard Was horn, be informs us, in the year 1770, on the borders of Bretagne and Poitou : his father, Oliver Ouvrard, was an extensive proprietor of paper-Mills ; and his first attempt in the way of trade was made upon the breaking out of the French revolution, when, seeing that the new liberty of the press, joined to the contentious .temper of the time, was likely to multiply books and pamphlets ten times . beyond their former amount, he purchased, at a hazard, the whole, product of anumber of paper-manufactories for the succeerliug two years, and realized (as he hail expected) a very considerable profit by the rise of the commodity. This was a dashing speculation for a man not more than twenty years of age, and gave tato perhaps that the adven turer should be —as he certainly . became—great in the Way of loans and premiurus hereafter. As the tumult of the revolution gave all ifriptihe to,all active spirits, M. Ouvrard, for a short period, quits the desk, and becomes a soldier ; and, 'about this tune at the parties given by Madame Tallien, (still a particular friend of our contractor's) he :describers his mee • inqs with a number of persons, -then in private stations ,- who have since played considerable parts in the theatre of the world. Among these was Barre.s, (then, however, already high in power), 1791 anti 1792 ; Roche, of whom art odd anecdote is told, of a jesting prediction by Buonaparte, that he would die in his bed ; Madame Beauhareqis, who was soon afterwards married to Buonaparte ; and last, the future Emperor himself, then only ,4 „, n of f icer of artillery. 01 a l l the visitere in this circle, he %qv, monsparte was among the least attended to ; and air incident is related which would show his pecuniary circumstance.' to have been very far indeed from easy. .A certain decree of the f' Com mittee &Public Safety" allowed " cloth sufficient to make a uniform" to every officer in " active service.". Buonaperrer among others, applied for his share of this distribution, hurt was refused by the issoiug commissary, upon the ground that his brigade • was trot actually in the advance. Ott tbie, he Went to Madame Tarn, who gave hint a letter of re eommeodation to tire authorities concerned ; and, thus armed, the p at bn ur i : l i ic i lio , win to why the dotinieh of Europe made a second ap t ,widcitalic 7 01 4 1 : 4 1 t ot u x el ii. i te y , o i b i t w a t h: v e e d e ;lt i i .i t i l l i e t n o ai i , n a a r l t t e e ap hi d ms b e i l li f iAe th i e l; ‘ % ` v l er ta s hi i t l : , ::t. culotte truniforme." M. Otweard supposes that some slight some measure:the Cattse of unary of the• persecutions which be : r F t " Pall ti t t t' i l L l ' 1 1 , 1 1 1.. ~. ~ t. trio,,. .: . I A. ~,,,,:Lyi,,,,alyi-twpaue:tittvi!igliiiel'a,;rheolwldezjrt,hteutti,sittutioai,;:,e, ;: i lt r . t .a e r, ,, 'k io i w : r;, t ' o• hot , . : him - W ) the day of the L.:lth V, ~i,iiiltiri,. foitUnc. . ith t e i rear : rt :u l flicient of BUOthi whlechTM itarynced tlfrai t t: tile.tl7, of 1 the "Directory ;'' he then Went hw h ; a ( t 'olle comma nd 'e the 1 army of Italy, aud 0 lay the ,--- ~. ) r. ante , to • .4 . 7 mut txtion of tux after extraordinary [AERIDORD FROM A LETTXR IN TNT RDINRURGH COURANT.] Greenock presented a , seene of great bustle and activity. In addition to the stir occosionedby the arrival of several large Weit India ships, the number of persons who had docked from various parts of the country to see the United Kingdowi, and the arrival of the nitirierous steam-boats of the Clyde with passengers and parties of pleasure, an can tributed to make the first trip of this magnilieent vessel an event of greac general interest. Having Secured a good .birth in the principal sleeping cebin, 1i . commenced an exa mination of the other apartments, and do not remember ever to have been more astonished or gratified. The ex tent and quality of the accommodation afforded to passen gers, and t h e ge neral style of splendid elegance combining comfort and utility, which every part of the ship exhibits, must; I think, render the United 'Kingdom an object of great curiosity to every one interested in "the progress of steani navigation. The length of the vessel is 175 feet. Her breadth '45 feet. - She - has two engines of - 100-Horse power _each, and the . number of beds which can easily be made up for passengers is about 150. The hour appointed for sai s li e i a ig a w t as tt fi t v i e o wu ' r c . lcie rr k, h a e n s d ee te vessel e 'N ci v a u s ay n e o ar f i Lre r e e n a( oc ly k fo a r nd around the vessel, had now become most interesting. Thousands of people lined the Shores, and six or seven steamers, crowded with ladies and gentlemen, sailed round their more majestic Mother— the United Kingdom appearing as the hen, and the cock boat steamers like her ehiekenl. At length a gun was fired, mid the anchor being a-trip, another, the signal for " setting on," a steam phrase for, sailing. The last gun' was answered by several from the shore, a n d th e pl ea sure yachts around us, and amid general cheering from . the shore, answered from the ve ss el, at 7 o'clock, P.m. the United Kingdom commenced her adventurous career. All the way along the bank of the river from Greenock to be low Gourock, much cheering took place between the pen pie on shore and those on deck,' and various salutes were fired faun guns placed at different stationson,land. We passed over the precise spot where the Comet was run down by the Ayr. he wreck of the unfortunate little vetisel, the'first steam-boat on the Clyde, was observed on the beach. At half-past eight tea was announced, and. the grand saloon presented a sight seldom or never before witnessed at sea. Upwards of 120 passengers were seat ed at the different tables in the room, and all were equally well and comfortably accommodated. The tea serviceis of beautiful China, with plates, &c. to correspond. There was no scrambling nor bawling, but every thing went on in the most smooth and quiet manner. After a few short visits to the deck ; which the Wind and rain had rendered rather uncomfortable,,preparations for bed commenced, and in the course of an hour the hum and bustle of the ship had 'sunk into stillness and repose. I had before remark ed the uncommon, " sweetness" of the movements of the engines, and when in bed I was more fully satisfied of their admirable construction. Theunpleasant tremor and periodi cal stroke, which shakes most steam-vessela, were scarcely perceptible when the ear was close upon the pillow, and this being the position when the noise is Most easily heard and most annoying, it is almost unnecessary to remark that good sound sleep was generally enjoyed. 'ln spite of the wind being dire,ctly a-head; andthetide during the greater part of the night adverse, we found ourselves about four, on Sunday morning, close under the precipitous promdntory of the Mull of Csaityre.. We encountered a very heavy swell off this most southerly point of our voyage, but the United Kingdom here proved itself a most excellent sea -boat, and went steadily onward at a rate not short of ten knots an hour. The wind and swell as we neared Islay, moderated, but the rain ; unfortunately, poured in torrents. Those who ventured, towards the forenoon; on deck, were gratified with a sight of the celebrated' " Paps of irons,' , and it was expected by sonic, hid the Weather been more favoniable, that we might have ven tured near the northern point of Islay, and obtained a glimpse of the famous whirlpools of Corryvrechan. As it wan, this could not be aceorniAished; and we now stood straight for the Sound of Mull. You, Tin doubt, remern. bar Wtudinigton IrVintes der:4,61,64m of a wet Sunday in a country inn—but that picture, deplorable though it be, is nothing to a wet day at sea. This tedium, however, was relieved in a most unexpected . and most appropriate ner—the Rev. Dr. Stewart of Erskine--a Gentleman universally'reapeeted among his brethren, and celebrated for his skill in. pulmonary complaints- 7 -was asked to perform divine worship in the course of the day. The Reverend Gentleman immediately assented, and the bell heving been rung at one o'clock, the whole pas sengers assembled in the principal cabin; after an ap propriate prayer, he delivered a Meta energetic and inte setting discourse from the text,'" Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts." 1 know not whether 'it was the impres sive,nattire-of the sermon itself, or the novelty of the situation, but sure ins I that the truths of the blessed Gospel have seldom been more devoutly listened to, or devotional feeling more keenly awakened. At two o'clock we entered the Sound of Muhl, a narrow passage between that island and the main land. As the clouds passed away we caught occasional glimpses of the bright green glades of Mull' on the one side, and the more classical and romantic hills of Morven on the 'other. Nor did the latter lose much of their interest or sublihtity be cause " the mists were on, the hills Of Morven! and the wind sighed o'er the , grassy mound where slumber the ashes of our fathers I', . The castle of Ardtorniah, the accident sea of the Lord of the Isles, and the. spot where the Poem of that name is laid, 'is situated , on a romantic promontory on the Morven side of the Sound. The castle is in ruins, but at one'timeit must have been a place of prodigious strength ., We anchored off the village' of Tobermory at four o7clock, having run About 240 miles, the wind unfavourable the . whole way, in 21 hours. The dinner was a most plentiful one. The liquors provided were excellent of their kind. Champagne, Claret, Madeira, Port, and Sherry, not to omit some beautiful old rum, which with the aid of good lemons, limes, and iced water, was converted, by the skilful hands of the Glasgow con noisseurs, into equally beautiful ruin pinch. Some gen tlemen, who went ashoreafter dinner,preferred Tobermory whisky, and returned quite loquacious in its praise. The crops in Mull are fir advanced, and generally excellent. There is indeed throughout the whole of the western islands, every prospect of an abundant harvest. I never saw more luxuriant crops of potatoes, which are here ex tensively ,cultiv a t e d. We left Tobermory , on Monday morning at five o'clock, having remained at anchor for 13 hours, and proceeded r o un d the western point of the island, towards Staffa. Th e wind, however, had been blowing so, strong 'front the west during the'night, that on ' nearing the island, a heavy surf was found beating, and the pilot declared it unsafe to take the vessel close, s and quite impracticable to land the passengers on it., The 'hip was accordingly put about, and we proceeded on our course. After passing the island of Rum, the weather began to clear up, mid our progress along the bold and p_icturesque head-lauds of Skye was rapid an d delightful. Front Dit. vegan Head, we stretched aeross the Minch to Harris, and Thekt h et t nau ile f i rtiel,er rit rne b olo l l y sn idoseslvieus nuw beautifully' that isl e a dear ' an ' d l er Lw e r e te, i s a .: d around [list, t‘c. were distinctly seen from the ship. Numerous parties promenaded the spa-, cious,decks—ueveral getitlemen amused themeelves in shooting the various sea4o w i /o f which there were a consi derable number-,-while chests, backgammon, whist, and .piequet engaged th e attent i on o f t h ose l e ss i n t ereste d i n = t i l , t . e m ron w ta e nt ail ic e s h e o e r t e te d ry at of s t to hia rn w oway, wildhaving run from Totter mory, a distance of 147 m il es, i n 14 hours. In a few on nutes' the village' seemed to have emptied itself of inhabi country. At seven o'clock, tants, for every boat th at co u ld float, bore grotipes of men, women, and children, to behold what the greater'number had never seen before, namely it steam-vessel. Capt. O man gave order that their curiosity. should be gratifi e d to t h e fullest extent.. At fi ve 0' 1 ( 4 0 4, on Tuesday morning, we found ourselves passin g that _most aPprOpititeiy-MtMed iirOMOMOri Ciipe Wrath, the sea running tremendously hi 11, with a .4 1 4 1;Ortc;; in our AVOW' from the south-west. , A ceremony, similar, to that observed in crossing the line,' is often undergone hersq. but in: conse, quence of the earliness of the, hour, it was omitted, We stood across the western entrance of the Pentland Frith, and: the best teat of the' United Kingdom being a good sea boat is, that, even in that deep water and heavy swell from the west, she rolled in a very trifling degree s and kept , Without any pressure'of steam, her rate steadily at more than ten knots an hour. We passed clOse under the stii• pendous cliffs of the island of Hoy, and, on entering Stromniss Bay, discovered' the bead' lined with specta tors, whom the novelty .of a steam vessel bad attracted to the shore. 'As at Tobermory and Stornoway, the United Kingdom was in a few minutes crowded with visitors— and besides the common people of: the town, several par ties of ladies and gentlemen came on board, and expressed themselves very highly delighted with the splendour of the ship, and the extent of accommodation it afforded. The passengers went on shore, and the whole stock of gloves of a manufacture peculiar to the place was soon purchased:: A most extensive manufactory of straw bon nets is' established here, and the specimens I saw were much more beautiful than any. Leghorn. They are in great demand, and sell as high as four pounds on the spot. Rye, when sown-very thick, and on rather poor soils, produces the straw most valued far thit manu facture. I must not forget to mention the poor fisher man of Strombess,•who, you willrecollect, was, along with his wife and a boy, driven out to sea in a small skiff', and almost miraculously preserved. We brought them with us from Greenock, and their story made a deep impression on us all. Nearly 61. was collected and given them, for' which they appeared most grateful. It will 'enable them to buy a new boat, and clothes for their children. The poor woman had been in very bad health before the acci dent, but is now quite well—the fright she says has cured her. We left Stronuiess at 2 o'clock on Tuesday after noon, and saw the tide in the' Pentland Frith in great per fection. A small sloop, under all its canvass, with a slight breeze from the , west, was carried round and round,: and even the Unitcd Kingdom did not steer with that preci sion which she did in higher seas. Wheii off Wick, we encountered the herring fleet, consisting, as we calculated, of nearly 2,000 boats. It presented by far the most ani mated and interesting picture of .British enterprise and in dustry I ever saw. The boats stretched from the bay at Wick' to' where we were, a distance of nearly six miles, the space being completly filled with them. The number of seamen engaged in the fishing at this station is suppos ed to ,be 12,000,' and it gives employment for several months in the year to upwards of 20,000 men, women, and children, at Wick and the neighbourhood. We hail ed a boat, and were told that the fishing last meekrhad been tolerably successful, but that on Monday night very little was done.. I need not detail our voyage further. I close this long letter by telling you that, after travelling 7.50 miles, in 73 hours, excluding stoppages, I landed at Newhaven at 7 P.M., delighted with my trip, and greatly pleased with the many intelligent and agreeable companions the voyage had made me acquainted with. I am, &c: yours. • ON THE ORIGIN OF. GYPSIES. (Flom R. HOVLAND'S Inwrmucat. *twin%) " Various are the conjectures which have been indulged, and the coincidences which have been sought for, in order to obtain a solution of the query, " WHAT RACE OF PEOPLE ARE THE GYPSIES ?" , t Whoever ,ir,disposed to refer to Continental writers, may see more than thirty different opinions started upon this subject, founded on no better authority than some similarity of appellation, garb, complexion, or unsettled way of life. " They were sometimes' Torlaques, Kalendars, qr Faqu4s, The Torlaques and Mahometan Monks, who under the pretence of holiness, are guilty of the most flagrant excesses. Bajazet the Becond banished them from the Turkish empire in 1494. The Kaleddars wander about in heathen countries, as the Gypsies do among Christians. The Faquirs ate religious fanatics ; and rove about in heathen and Alahometan countries, like the most atroci-. ous robbers. . _ " With regard to strolling and thieving, the Vaquirs and the Gypsies agree exactly. - Thiinuutint, Orisolini, and the English Krognspher Salmon, imasined3hat When Suiten Salim conquered Egypt us tti 17, eeveret.4, t4ei: natives refusing ,to submit to the Turkish yoke, revolted under one Zingtineus. " Authentic documents show that they were in Germany, hely, and France, near a century before the conquest of Egypt by Selim. " Yet the belief that Gypsies were of Egyptian origin is paral lel with their existence in Europe. It arose from the report cir culated.by the first of them, that they were pilgrims from Egypt ; and this statement was not only adopted by the cowmen people, but here and there obtained credit among men of learning. - • " But it is not merely that their Egyptian geseent is entirely destitute of proof, but that the most circumstantial evidence: can be adduced against it. " Their language differs entirely from the Coptic, and their customs, as Aliesiliis Fritsch has remarked, are diametriCally opposite to the Egyptian ; but what is, if possible, of greater weight, they wander about in Egypt like strangers, and there as in other countries, form a distinct people. " The testimony of Bellonius is full and decisive on the point. He states No part of the world, I believe, is free from those banditti,. wandering about in troops ;' whom we, by mistake, call Gypsies and Bolitinians. When we were at Cairo, and the vil lages bordering on the Nile, we found . troops of these strolling thieves sitting under palm trees ; and they are esteemed foreigners in Egypt.' , " Aventin expressly mak e s Turkey th e i r original place , of ren dezvous ; and this furnishes, a reason for the south-east parts of Europe being Moot crowded with them. If all that came to Europe passed by this route, it accounts for a greeter number re maining in tholes countries, than in others to which they would have a much longer travel; and before their arrival at which tlieir hordes might be inuckdivided. " Grellman asserts, that the Hindoatanee language- has the greatest affinity with that of the Gypsies. He . infers from the following considerations, that Gypsies are of the lowest class of Indians, named Pariare, or, as they are called in Hindostan, Suders. " The whole great nation of !Mums is known to^ be divid e d into four ranks, or stocks, which are welled by a Portuguese name, castes ; each of which. has its own particular subdivisions ! , Of these castes, the fourth is that of the above-mentioned Was; who upon the peninsula of Malabar, where their condition is the same as in Hindoatan, are called Pavia, and Pariers. " The caste of finders was to be subservient to the Bramins, the Tschecteries, and the Reis. These Sutlers are held in die. dein, they are considered infamous and unclean, front their occu pation, and they are abhorred because they eat flesh ; the three other• castes living entirely on vegetables. Of this very caste it will appear, by the following compari son, our Gypsies are composed. We have seen that' the Gypsies are in the highest degree filthy and disgusting; and with regard to character, depraved and fraudulent to week and these are ale' qualities of the Sutlers. • " Belden' says, the Patin are a filthy people, and wicked crew, who in winter steal much cattle, &e. " Moreover Nenhof assures us the Pittllal are full of 'every kind - or dishonesty ; they do not consider lying and cheatiug.to he sinful, as they have no other custom or maxims among them. The Gypsey's solicitude to eoncesil his language is also, a striking Indian trait. - Fortune-telling is practised all over the East; but the pe e n . liar kind p ro fessed by the Gypsies, viz. chiromancy . , constantly referring to whether the parties shall he rich or poor, happy or unhappy in marriage, &c. is no where to be met with hut in • gaild-lorcery. ,he wail balls i w u whiz i .: A curious event occurred, _nes oi Guillottiere, in Dauphiny . ' The village doctor returning quietly too well.grouuded, struck him, an d on hie pad from visiting a pa tient l , a w t as elY s:dd il suddenly accosted by a taking his centime from his pock e t, whihmeninheakbeea4rnd twtiotrbaall" *ought to evade the object of bis fears- O pr b r iui rn . iser i a i b e fe v - i l , oo ti miser a ble - lucking in female attire, who begged charity movement, as if to take something from her pocket, 4 inep i elon, be ha me di a t a ly informed the authorities, who set tewwubittitcoiinchhg.epiier:ipace.:tihii..isevitosnergeliiiteyihi ileantiailteli:jeatehrteestu before paeei , about his ears, fortunately without touching him. On,arriving about fi n di n g the perpetrator, whom` they found in a field of rye,- i n th e act of taking,olf her rage and making a profitable exchange fur a liandsome silk-dress and leghorn bonnet, which she had con cealed in a basket. Site . was imunxiiately led to the Afayor, and et the village, coli k• ente d with . the,dottur, . when who should she torn out to be but his wife ! She, it appears, had set about distributing pills of a different nature from thou of her husband. They had -lived separately for some time. On being ttestioned et to the ca use of her proceeding, she stated that q her h us b it was to bri ny and ' 0 nano tor Pcricle Papr i . CORONER'S INQUEST. • • On Tuesday evening last an ingots was held„st•the Shoulder of Mutton public-house; by Mr. Bari, coroner ffir - this Bitiough,•' upon the body of Chides Stewart, a woulering , rtiendinant,mbOl , k if the following evidence be correct, hanged hittnelfin siou, produced by the bugs which disturbed his repose :•--(swine gtewart said, the deetaserwas my husband ' - 'we had been tin ;,-- tr- , ' vied ten years., ye had been living together the last ilbt ro on t kis and left Glasgow two months ago to come to England. My hus band was a horse-breaker. About,. two years: ago he • lad a fell- ; ;;, from a horse, which hurt his leg ; it got: went but with travelling it inflauted, We came to Leeds eight 'days ago, and lodged it an - Irishman's fiouse, •in Paley's galleries. We have lived in ..tell W: begging. He was to have gonnto-day for some horses to wold, I think for Mr. Williamson. He went ; out yesterdiy begging, and came home in the afternoon. He went to liameon in the evening, to speak about the horses. He Came hoine • about seven or eight o'clock, took his supper,and was guile .• hearty. He went to bed about eleven o'clock, and I went abut !,-. twelve. lie was asleep when I got to bed. Nobody slept in the room but our two selves. During the night he awoke and said to " kitty, I cannot get any rest for bugs."' I said,." When morning comes I will see where the bugs are, Charley." -This was about two o'clock in the morning. He never fell asleep, but tumbled about upon the bed, and then went to another bed whish was in the room. - I told him he would get his death of cold, and said, " Come to your own bed, Charley," and he did so. 'He . then said, if he did not go for the horses he would •go to seine other town, and I said, very well. About break of day, I bole. hint to be a good lad and lie still, as it was of no use to be tossing. about so. He was a hard swearing man, and he said, "D—u and b— the bugs, I'll be d..-41 if I'll lay in this heti." He then got up and flew to a rope that was hanging above the bed, slid which had been so all the tune we were there. I said to: hit*, " For God's sake, Charles, don't do the like of that." I thought when be made the preparation, he was going to hang himself. ran down stair► naked, and alarmed the people in the house. The landlord went up stairs with me, and when we got there my huy band was hanging. The landlord cut hint down. He was then dead.. A quarter of an hour elapsed between my going down • stairs and returning. His feet were very near touching the ground. My husband was singing, and was quite. hearty last night after Kipper, and went out and bOught ine some pears and plume. I perceived no difference in his manner, except that- he' thought his• leg would not get well. In bell he discoursintwith use, and told me the towns lie would go to when be left lode. He has often attempted to hang himself. He often compleine4 of hie leg, it was very sore and inflamed. He was subject to Of, passion, and often had the cramp upon the stomach. Mattlialle Hunter deposed, that the deceased and his wife lodged in his house , and that about four o'clock in the morning he was called up by the deceased's wife • that he went to his bed-room, and foundtito hanging at the be d-foot ;he cut him down, but he was gni* dead. Hannah Dennison deposed to nearly the same facts. flit Corener then recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury, Oft" short deliberation, found a verdict of Felo-de-se; in consequence of which verdict, the deceased was interred , in the church-1049f the parish church, on Wednesday night, at half-put ,eleve? o'clock, without the funs service being read. He Was . s gem looking man, about SO years of age, and came originally from the neighbourhood of Ferrybridge. —Leeds ilercvri. We are sorry to learn that the steam boats fitted out in aid of the Greek naval warfare have been de tained in the river ; by whose interference, or on what plea, has not transpired. The Prince of IVlontfort, Jerome Bunnaparte, has a villa near Ancona. This villa he was desirous late ly, of visiting. He accordingly requested posP°T ts from the Papal Government to proceed thither, but was refused. The ex-King is said in a French parer to have been robbed at this villa last year. WhY , ' therefore, he wished to return to it, it is not easy to conjecture. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIAR Y, thDI:l Co urtßY . J. Adams, Unio ( n-street, Southwark, oilman a t 11 1% of ili CoTtn la iss At io ' ne A re tl . a ) Vn 16. E.. Bishop, Sheerness, banker, Crucifix and Smith, Strand, blacking-makers •• lt J. Steen), Butcher-row, East Smithfield, yeast-merchant... J. Wanes), Abchurch-lane and Leicester-square, dentist ... 1 ! Wilkinson and Mule-aster, Wood- , street, warehousemen.-- I* T. Worrall, Park-street, Hatiover.square, tavern-keeper ... 11 COUNTRY DIARY. W. Bates, Ilalifax, at the Court-house, Leeds at 1 2 E. Biggs, Birmingham—Hotel, Birmingham 'l'. Cooke, jun. Birmiaghani—Mr: Parke's ' Birminghaw • 12 -- J. Dixon, WalaillWoolpack, Birmingh am J. Hargrave, Airfield—Sessions-house 'Wakefield ......... P. Johnion, Runcorn—Messrs. Berer's, W arr in g t on l° W. B. Smith, Sedgity—Hotel, Birmingham .. . . W. 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J•2 l° Tr i ldi c ; worth; of St. Paul'irchurch-yard, London, to Mho P 8 Hoh'swarth, of Belle isle, Wek.efiebl t: b e e. On the 10th inst., at Chetwynd, by the Rev. G ilbi" 1,01 mitt, IL A., William Owen Jackson, of the Inner Temple, of don, and of Long Ashton, in the county of t; o meraet, Esq;!, of rister-at-law, to Catherine Elizabeth Billi ton , eldest 1104"1, 4 ... Win. Phillips, of Cbetwynd-house, in the county of Bahl): On the Bth inst., at Old Ab er d een ,by the Rev. Dr. 6114...itit Arthur Thomson; -Esq., Manager of the A h eri k.,, o sesii kit neur l 7 I C :te m o li f an C Y lc ta utta n .ridgeti eldest daughter of John An derson, t I•= B 4' On the 1301 inst., a t S t . Mart'n's Church; 'John late of Tottenham- court roa d, t o Ellen,, „end daughter of Simpson, Esq. o f Hampstead. DED. On the 2 I Bth instant, at the house of her brother, St' square, 111antheater, diaryßinyon, aged 11 of a ra pid ded iP to, ,,,- ___ Printed Ind Pui)listed by YOITSG:at Mitft yo- No. • lit, Strand. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AllO. 12. 31ET.1.1511 V. 11ti.1.1$111. Mr. Hottxr wished to draw his Lordship's attention to this ease, The Court had ordered 11,0001. to be paid out of Court to his client, but he had not obtained the benefit of that order yet. His LORDSIIIe did not think he could kali-. Mime have this money without some qualifications, and concluded by saying, Mr. Mellish might take the whole of the , money ont of Coutt; if he pleased, (the 11,0001. being only a moiety of it) upOn giving satisfactory security to the Master. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TRIP: ROUND the NORTH of. SCOTLAND, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, STEAM-SHIP.